{"id":46685,"date":"2021-07-21T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=46685"},"modified":"2021-07-28T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T14:30:31","slug":"illig-and-suedpack-co-operate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/illig-und-suedpack-kooperieren\/","title":{"rendered":"Illig and S\u00fcdpack develop compostable food container"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illig and S\u00fcdpack have jointly developed a thermoformed container with a heat-sealable lid whose components are certified compostable and predominantly bio-based.<\/p>\n

The thermoformed sample packaging for food, which S\u00fcdpack Verpackungen and Illig Maschinenbau have developed in a cooperation project, is particularly suitable for vegetarian and vegan foods as well as dairy products such as yoghurt or cheese. It consists of a certified compostable (DIN EN 13432) and partially bio-based plastic<\/strong> ecovio<\/a>, which was coloured green for this application.<\/p>\n

South pack<\/a> produced a film for this purpose using an extrusion process and developed the industrially compostable laminate lidding film. Illig<\/a> designed the thermoforming mould, thermoformed the trays from the film and sealed the lid. The result is a thin-walled food container,<\/strong> which reproduces the shape of the mould in detail and can be produced at the same speed as similar packaging made from conventional plastics.<\/p>

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New design possibilities: The thermoforming mould reproduces the lettering down to the last detail. (Image: Illig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Illig and S\u00fcdpack follow the trend towards compostable, bio-based solutions<\/h2>\n

This cooperation project shows that thermoformed packaging based on certified compostable materials is possible under the current market conditions. This follows the increasing trend <\/strong>and the demand for compostable and bio-based packaging solutions in more and more countries.<\/p>\n

Food packaging with organic residues in particular is difficult to process using conventional mechanical recycling methods. In such applications, industrially compostable containers are a sensible alternative, where there is the appropriate infrastructure for composting<\/strong>. This means that the leftover food, including the packaging, can be sent for organic recycling instead of thermal utilisation, which is not ecologically sensible in this case.<\/p>